View Full Version : [ubuntu] gui installer for pl files ?
imageblur
October 14th, 2011, 05:33 PM
Is there an add on that has a gui for installing programs? Installing programs in Windows is all gui driven and easy for our end users. Is there anything like that for Ubuntu ?
oldos2er
October 14th, 2011, 05:40 PM
Ubuntu Software Center is what you're looking for, but it won't help you with *.pl (Perl?) files.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware
imageblur
October 14th, 2011, 06:06 PM
say for instance vmware tools:
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
instead of using the terminal, is there a way that they could just double click the file and a gui would walk them through it ?
mcduck
October 14th, 2011, 06:58 PM
say for instance vmware tools:
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
instead of using the terminal, is there a way that they could just double click the file and a gui would walk them through it ?
Yes, the maker of the software could package it properly into a .deb package, installable through the package management. ;)
Just like in Windows where you'll need to package the software into an .exe installer to get it installed through graphical dialogs.
imageblur
October 14th, 2011, 08:19 PM
humm, maybe i'll look to see if i can make my own deb files
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